Guan Xing

Guan Xing (200 AD-263 AD) was a military commander of the Kingdom of Shu like his father, the great warrior Guan Yu. His brothers Guan Ping and Guan Suo were also Shu generals. Like the rest of his family, he died defending Chengdu from Wei in 263 AD.

Biography
Guan Xing was the middle son of Guan Yu, born in 200 AD; his father was 38. He first accompanied his father and brothers Suo and Ping on a campaign in the Battle of Fan Castle, at the age of eighteen where his father and Guan Ping were killed. He informed Liu Bei, his father's lord, about his father's murder, and was made a General in the army of Shu Han during the invasion of Wu in 222 AD. Guan Xing fought with his cousin Zhang Bao at Yiling to prove his was capable of avenging Guan Yu, and fought under the guidance of Huang Zhong in the battle. Guan Xing captured Fu Shi Ren and Mi Fang, his father's Shu betrayers, and disemboweled them in front of an altar to Guan Yu. However, h e was wounded by the Eastern Wu Army of Lu Xun, and returned to battle in the Nanman Campaign of 225 AD, leading a unit among the army of 500,000 Shu Han troops heading south. In 228 AD he took part in the Northern Campaigns at the Battle of Jie Ting, and inherited Zhang Bao's fortunes and households upon Zhang's death at the Battle of Chen Cang in 230 AD. He further fought at the Battle of Wu Zhang Plains in 234 AD and again at the Battle of Mt. Xingshi in 245 AD. Guan Xing took park in most of Jiang Wei's Northern Expeditions from 249-262 AD.

Death
Guan Xing was killed in the Fall of Chengdu, where he defended Shu from Cao Wei's invasions in 263 AD. Guan Xing was struck down, an elderly man still having his youthful fighting spirit. Among the dead also included his brother Guan Suo, his cousins Zhang Shao and Xing Cai, and almost every participant in the battle on Shu's side.